For the second quarter of 2016, Weibo estimates that its net revenues to be between $138 million and $143 million. Sina Weibo announced to launch video advertising last December in the first half of 2016 as it seeks new revenue sources to maintain robust growth. Weibo now has daily video views of over 470 million.

Stephen Hawking launched his verified Weibo account and won 1 million fans in merely five hours.